How Did Conversations Happen - 1894 Words

Part 2. Written response. You will write a 3-5 page, double- 1- What happened in the meeting? (How was it structured? How long did it last? How did conversations happen?) 1- The sponsor opened the meeting by introducing himself and the meeting purpose. Then, he suggested us with a moment of silence followed by the serenity of prayer.Later, the sponsor read the preamble and asked one of the AA members from his group to read the how it works from the alcoholic anonymous big book, followed by the 12 traditions as well. Moreover, the AA SUPPORT GROUP GUIDELINES were reviewed because they were new members present in the meeting. Here was when the sponsor explained the privacy and confidentiality aspects of the meeting. So, the main†¦show more content†¦The sponsor suggested AA members to continue taking part of the meeting and successfully manage their lives free of alcohol consumption. Hence, the sponsor also suggested the visitors to deliver the message about the effectiveness of the AA model to others alcoholics, including other individuals with different addictive disorders.So, they can change their lives for better by getting back the cont rol of their own lives. Over all, The meeting was well structured because there were members from others AA groups that attended to. The meeting I attended was conducted by the group Unidad y Armornia and others two invited groups that joined it such as, Volver a vivir and buscando la verdad. I liked the fact that all the invited groups had enough time to share their experiences with each other.This occurred because they were considerate to each other and managed properly their own talk-timing.So, all people from different groups had the time to be heard. Moreover, the meeting was conducted in Spanish and all the members were from Latinos backgrounds, especially Dominicans and Mexicans. I enjoyed the meeting a lot because the AA members were very humorous while exposing their experiences and that is how the conversations took place. They did not look ashamed or mad at themselves for being alcoholics, they opened their souls one to another